Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa
Staff Sgt Ryan Burk verifies a specification of a contracting job while Staff Sgt. Doug Keeler reviews the specifications and drawings of a new bus stop Dec. 4, 2008, at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. Both are contracting officers assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron. ECONS members are responsible for purchasing everything used here to support the Global War on Terror. Sergeant Burk, a native of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., is deployed from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., and Sergeant Keeler, a native of Albany, N.Y., is deployed from Little Rock AFB, Ark. Both are deployed in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady/Released)